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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
109
Citations
37920
World Ranking
1017
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Richard J. Lewis is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Materials Chemistry, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's primary research topics include bacterial genetics and biotechnology, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Vibrio bacteria research studies, protein structure and dynamics, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Richard J. Lewis has published in several venues, notably:

  • Communications Biology
  • mBio
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Their recent papers cover a range of microbiological and biochemical topics:

  • Penicillin-Binding Protein 1 (PBP1) of Staphylococcus aureus Has Multiple Essential Functions in Cell Division, 2022, mBio
  • The Vibrio vulnificus stressosome is an oxygen-sensor involved in regulating iron metabolism, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Molecular insights into intra-complex signal transmission during stressosome activation, 2022, Communications Biology
  • PBP1 of Staphylococcus aureus has multiple essential functions in cell division, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CCDC 2103392: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard J. Lewis include:

  • Katarzyna Wacnik
  • Vincenzo A. Rao
  • Lucía Lafage
  • Manuel Pazos
  • Simon Booth

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic potential of venom peptides

    Richard J. Lewis;Maria L. Garcia

  • The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

    Bryan G Fry;Kim Roelants;Donald E. Champagne;Holger Scheib

  • Structural basis for control by phosphorylation.

    Louise N. Johnson;Richard J. Lewis

  • DeepSynergy: predicting anti-cancer drug synergy with Deep Learning.

    Kristina Preuer;Richard P I Lewis;Sepp Hochreiter;Andreas Bender

  • Ciguatera: recent advances but the risk remains.

    Leigh Lehane;Richard J Lewis

  • Structure of a major immunogenic site on foot-and-mouth disease virus.

    Derek Logan;Derek Logan;Robin Abu-Ghazaleh;Wendy Blakemore;Stephen Curry

  • Conus Venom Peptide Pharmacology

    Richard J. Lewis;Sébastien Dutertre;Irina Vetter;MacDonald J. Christie

  • The changing face of ciguatera

    Richard J. Lewis

  • THE NATURE OF INHIBITION OF DNA GYRASE BY THE COUMARINS AND THE CYCLOTHIALIDINES REVEALED BY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

    R. J. Lewis;O. M. P. Singh;C. V. Smith;T. Skarzynski

  • Purification and characterization of ciguatoxins from moray eel (Lycodontis javanicus, Muraenidae).

    Richard J. Lewis;Michelle Sellin;Mark A. Poli;Raymond S. Norton

  • Warfarin STEREOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF ITS METABOLISM AND THE INTERACTION WITH PHENYLBUTAZONE

    Richard J. Lewis;William F. Trager;Kenneth K. Chan;A. Breckenridge

  • Discovery, synthesis, and structure-activity relationships of conotoxins.

    Kalyana B Akondi;Markus Muttenthaler;Sébastien Dutertre;Quentin Kaas

  • Detection of sodium channel toxins: directed cytotoxicity assays of purified ciguatoxins, brevetoxins, saxitoxins, and seafood extracts.

    R. L. Manger;L. S. Leja;S. Y. Lee;J. M. Hungerford

  • Origin and transfer of toxins involved in ciguatera

    Richard J. Lewis;Michael J. Holmes

  • Harmful Algal Blooms 2000

    GM Hallegraeff;SI Blackburn;CJ Bolch;RJ Lewis

  • Evolution of separate predation- and defence-evoked venoms in carnivorous cone snails

    Sébastien Dutertre;Sébastien Dutertre;Ai-Hua Jin;Irina Vetter;Brett Hamilton

  • Ciguatera in Australia. Occurrence, clinical features, pathophysiology and management.

    N.C. Gillespie;R.J. Lewis;J.H. Pearn;A.T.C. Bourke

  • From ATP to AZD6140: the discovery of an orally active reversible P2Y12 receptor antagonist for the prevention of thrombosis.

    Brian Springthorpe;Andrew Bailey;Patrick Barton;Timothy N. Birkinshaw

  • A widespread family of bacterial cell wall assembly proteins.

    Yoshikazu Kawai;Jon Marles-Wright;Robert M Cleverley;Robyn Emmins

  • Isolation and characterization of a cone snail protease with homology to CRISP proteins of the pathogenesis-related protein superfamily

    Trudy J. Milne;Giovanni Abbenante;Joel D.A. Tyndall;Judy Halliday

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Alewood
Paul F. Alewood University of Queensland
David J. Adams
David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute
David J. Craik
David J. Craik University of Queensland
Glenn F. King
Glenn F. King University of Queensland
Norelle L. Daly
Norelle L. Daly James Cook University
Alun Jones
Alun Jones University of Queensland
Anthony J. Wilkinson
Anthony J. Wilkinson University of York
Harry J. Gilbert
Harry J. Gilbert Newcastle University
MacDonald J. Christie
MacDonald J. Christie University of Sydney
Peter R. Dodd
Peter R. Dodd University of Queensland

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